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World publishing today watches more events fall to the advance of COVID-19 in England, the United Arab Emirates, and more. The post Coronavirus: CAMEO Awards Canceled; Sharjah Children’s Festival Is Off; PublisHer Misses Its Anniversary appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Booker-winning writer Bernardine Evaristo has marked International Women’s Day by curating a top 20 list of recently published Black British writers.

Writer ‘uneasy’ over US publisher’s decision to drop director’s memoirAuthor Stephen King has hit out at publisher Hachette over its decision to drop publication of Woody Allen’s memoir after a protest from his son, the author Ronan Farrow, prompted a walkout of staff at the publishing group’s New York office last Thursday.“The Hachette decision to…

Hachette has succumbed to moral outrage in rejecting his autobiographyWhen Hachette bought Woody Allen’s autobiography, they no doubt expected it to be controversial. And no doubt they expected it to be a commercial success.He is, after all, one of the great American writers and directors. And the notoriety and outrage that have continued since his…

Granta has acquired an "urgent" exploration of Donald Trump’s presidency by New Yorker journalist Masha Gessen. 

Author Lisa Jewell has signed a new two-book deal with Century. 

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has acquired two middle-grade titles from Stewart Foster, the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy. 

Monoray has acquired Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse: What You Urgently Need To Know by political commentator Nina Schick and will be publishing this July.

William Collins has landed the “riveting and candid” memoir of Kim Darroch, Britain’s ambassador to the US during Donald Trump’s White House reign.

With Bologna postponed, and the Paris, Leipzig and London book fairs cancelled, editors and agents are worried they’ll miss out on crucial deals this year.